If you don’t know about the Soup Sisters, the group of Canadian soup-makers who volunteer at cooking soup for the hungry or the needy of every age, this attractive cookbook will tune you in, and also provide you with more than 100 soup recipes of all types. The Soup Sisters and Broth Brothers Cookbook, edited by Sharon Hapton, the founder of the Calgary-based group (Appetite by Random House, $24.95), has a variety of contributors from across Canada, whether food journalists, community volunteers or chefs. Chefs who contributed recipes include Anne Desjardins of Ste-Adèle, Vikram Vij of Vancouver, Suzur Lee of Toronto, Michael Smith of Prince Edward Island, and Yotam Ottolenghi of London. The volunteers’ soups are equally tempting. The book is beautifully illustrated and perfect for the season, now that the weather is cooling off. Here’s an example of a soup recipe from the book. It was contributed by Lesley Stowe, chef/owner of her own food shop in Vancouver.

WITH VIDEO: Anyone who remembers the effect of that other nun musical, Nunsense, and its sequel Nunsense II on Quebec audiences during the 1990s, has an idea of what’s in store for the Juste pour rire Sister Act (Rock’n none) which just opened at Théâtre St-Denis.

Recent commemorative activities — D-Day ceremonies, for example, and Memorial Day events in the States — have drawn attention to the fact that the number of surviving Second World War veterans is dwindling and their stories should not be forgotten.

The Public Bike System Co., which showed such promise when it launched the groundbreaking Bixi bike-sharing service in 2009, officially went bankrupt on May 1. The final formality: a May 21 meeting at which creditors will be given a final report on the bankruptcy.

After performances in London, New York and Toronto, the Kate McGarrigle tribute show starring her sisters Anna and Jane and children Rufus and Martha Wainwright will be making its long-awaited debut in her hometown.

At a press conference, Bellucci said the reason she’s here shooting Ville-Marie is simple. She was blown away by Édoin’s screenplay and loved the role he was proposing for her. She was even more sold on coming here to work with Édoin after she watched Marécages.